13 The high priest Onias was touched by these words, but he was also aware that King Seleucus might assume that Apollonius was killed by human plots rather than by God’s justice. Therefore, Onias prayed for him.
14 When he was unexpectedly delivered from danger, Apollonius left and told the king everything that happened.
15 After King Seleucus died, his son Antiochus Epiphanes came to power. He was a proud and horrible man.
16 Antiochus removed Onias from the office of high priest and installed Onias’ brother Jason in his place.
17 Jason had agreed to pay the king 208,620 pounds of silver every year if he were made high priest.
18 So Antiochus appointed Jason to the office of high priest and made him the ruler of the nation.
19 Jason changed the nation’s culture and the government so that they completely contradicted the Law.